On the face of it solar panels have very little to do with cotton tee shirts.
One couldn’t imagine, in fact, any two products that have less in common.
That being said, they have one thing in common and that is that they often contain raw materials that may be traced to a region in China where there are allegations of systematic forced labour.
Over the last two years, the United States has implemented the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). This legislation creates a rebuttable presumption that any product imported into the US – which contains inputs from certain regions in China (especially Xinjiang) is presumed to be a product of forced labour. Among the products that have been targeted for enforcement are solar panels (made from polysilicon mined in Xinjiang), apparel (using cotton harvested in Xinjiang) and tomato paste (using tomatoes grown in Xinjiang). More recently, a wider range of products have been stopped at the US border because of allegations that they contained inputs from Xinjiang.

For more Information, please visit CBSA poised to increase forced labour enforcement (caf-fcv.ca) Published on June 19, 2024